The NFL Network had a major screw-up in a big moment on Thursday night. Still trying to grow in terms of popularity, ratings, and viewership, the NFL Network hosted an evening game on Thanksgiving for the second straight year. Whatever excitement the game lacked because of the horrid play by the Giants was made up for by NFL Network which played this audio of Josh McDaniels dropping an f-bomb while yelling at his players during the game:
All I got out of that jibberish was, “All we’re trying to do is win a mother****ing game!” McDaniels kind of lost me after that. I suppose the audio wasn’t even intended for me to hear anyway, so he probably accomplished his goal of trying to motivate his team. After the game, McDaniels responded to the NFL Network’s mistake (for which they immediately apologized on-air), saying, “It’s the NFL Network. It doesn’t surprise me.” You figure someone would have previewed the sound before giving it clearance on-air. If they didn’t I’m guessing a suspension or firing is in line, unfortunately.
Related posts
- Someone Explain to Me the Broncos’ Hiring of Josh McDaniels
- Josh McDaniels’ Newest Project: Fixing the Broncos’ Cafeteria
- Jay Cutler and Josh McDaniels Starting Off on the Wrong Foot
More Hot Stories at larrybrownsports.com
Good grief – it’s a football game, not tea and crumpets! Anyone who is shocked that NFL players and coaches might use salty language on the sidelines needs a reality check.
We’re already seeing the ladies league for children’s decency or whatever it is, coming out of the woodwork loudly thumping their bibles like they did after the SuperBowl “nipplegate”. People who are afraid of too much reality leaking out of their TV should turn it off. Frankly, professional sports is one of the few things I still watch on TV because anything can happen – it isn’t all scripted and edited and predictable.
Amen to Peter’s post. Sometimes fan’s swearing gets into the TV too. If it bothers you, then contact sports are probably not your calling. The “wussification” of this country is driving me insane. Go have your kids play in the mud right now. They won’t die and they don’t need gallons hand sanitizer when they come in.
never ceases to amaze me how the networks do such things and never expct foul language. I remember back
in the NBA day when play stopped and they immediately went to the under the basket view/audio. week after
week you could hear charles B cussing up a storm. networks never learn